Do This and You Will Live

Applying the Bible · Aug 24, 2023 · 8m

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” (Luke 10:25-28)

Now in our day, we think of a lawyer as one who represents an accused in court, but that is not the role of this man coming to Jesus with a…